Climate averages 1991–2020
Suffolk weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Suffolk: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portsmouth Heights (22 km away). In February its highs average 11.0°C, about as warm as Suffolk, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Suffolk ranks 258th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 288th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Suffolk is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Suffolk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 88 | 9.3 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 11.3°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 100 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 86 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 97 | 10.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 103 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 128 | 14.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 120 | 13.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 123 | 10.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 93 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 87 | 8.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 89 | 9.5 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Portsmouth Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Norfolk in FebruaryUnited States · 30 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Newport News in FebruaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 79 mm rain
- East Hampton in FebruaryUnited States · 41 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in FebruaryUnited States · 56 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Richmond in FebruaryUnited States · 120 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Greenville in FebruaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Raleigh in FebruaryUnited States · 213 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 81 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Suffolk) is explained once on the Suffolk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.